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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: window grouping updates |
| Date | 2017-03-25 01:03 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <ahib04.b445@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <D4F8C803.96E2B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <ahjci03.ub83@rooftop.invalid> <_IednUJegPx5okjFnZ2dnUU7-emdnZ2d@giganews.com> <x990b.3hgua3@rooftop.invalid> <D4FAB99F.97292%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 3/24/17, 11:40 AM, in article x990b.3hgua3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>> On 2017-03-24, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 3/23/17, 12:21 AM, in article ac93.g9pl2@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>>> It uses a tempfile in /tmp and cleans up after itself. Hitting the "Stop"
>>>>>> button exits cleanly, but if you just close the window instead, there will
>>>>>> probably be a "linkem" process hanging around that you'll need to kill,
>>>>>> as well as a /tmp/windowlist0xNNNNNNN text file. This linkem process
>>>>>> will also keep the windows stuck together as a group until it is killed.
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean the tool you made based on a whim of mine is not perfect. You
>>>>> suck!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found out that you can capture the "X" with the following and run the
>>>> "stop" function to clean up, so now no leftover processes or files if the
>>>> window is closed:
>>>>
>>>> wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW {
>>>> stop
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> I've also noticed that the window position relative to the leader window
>>>> is offset, and I think that offset is the "Relative upper-left X" and
>>>> "Relative upper-left Y" properties. I'll look into adjusting for that.
>>>
>>> I've played with xmessage and it was offset by the upper left as well.
>>> Very likely you're correct.
>>>
>>
>> OK, that that solves those two problems. Now there are two more
>> things I want to do.
>>
>> 1) Make leader window stay above others.
>>
>> Problem:
>> leader currently does not raise on either windowraise or
>> click events.
>>
>> 2) When raising other windows, keep manually chosen stack order.
>>
>> Problem:
>> The way I populate the followerids array is sort|uniq the windowlist
>> (to get around accidental clicks on windows that are already part
>> of the group, when adding windows) and that causes the windowraise
>> function to raise them based on the sorted order of the windowids,
>> which have nothing to do with the desired manual stack order.
>
> With the second problem seems you should be able to change the order of the
> array... based on whatever method you are using to determine the "desired"
> manual stack order (assuming you can read the z-index or whatever of each
> window).
>
> If you ever want a beta tester I would love to be one. :)
>
I think I've got 2 fixed now. 1 is frustrating, but right-click
always on top is a workaround.
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